By: Adzmar H. Aming
Life is a gamble. The day we were born, we were gambled to exist long or short. The day we grew into adolescence, we gambled our life to be educated and eventually land a job. Then the day we grew older, we gambled to share our life with a better-half. But the day will come when we will maximize our gambling activity, to cling to life at old age. Nevertheless, why do all of us gamble? What is the essence of gambling in human life?
Here are a few perspectives that can shed light to the aforementioned queries.
Giving Birth. We fathom the mother who has carried the baby for more or less nine months in her tummy. She has sacrificed her well-being by experiencing regular pregnancy ailments like vomiting and headache, before laboring the child in incalculable pain. Some mothers have seriously undergone cesarean section procedure. But what if she is compelled to face the worst case scenario? By circumstance that is, either to save her life or the unborn child’s. From a man’s stance, more often than not, the father prefers to save his wife rather than the baby. In contrast, the mother usually saves the child’s uncultivated life and willingly offers hers, in exchange. This has been known to be a mother’s love. This is why giving birth is a gamble.
Schooling. Due to growing competitive demand of human existence, we are forced to undertake formal education. Our parents invested everything in education, with the highest conviction that it will bring us brighter future. That is, finding a job and financially contribute to the family. However, there is no guarantee that one can finish the degree at the expected time. Just because she graduated with flying colors does not necessarily connote she will pass the LET, NLE or LEA. Further, even if she passes a board examination, there is no guarantee that she will land a decent job. Some graduates today suffer from underemployment, while most unemployment. Ironically, there are others who have unfinished formal education but became rich, successful and not to mention popular world-wide. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and our very own Manny Pacquiao are a huge testament. This is why schooling is a gamble.
Human Love. Most, if not all have experienced courtship love. Well, at least, all have observed. The guy does his best to impress and win her love. Giving her flowers, love letters and accompany her to the canteen. The risk here is that there is no guaranteed acceptance. There can also be rejection in spite of the sacrifices. But granted that he has prospered and ended up together by divine providence, marriage is a whole new narrative. Ideally, this requires an absolute lifetime of marital commitment to one another. Who knows, although blessed with many offsprings, one commits infidelity over the other and end up with a broken home. This is why love is a gamble.
Hospitalization. People who can afford hospitalization will do so, most especially if the illness is at death degree. Assuming the father, who is head of the family, is suffering from a stage four cancer. Indubitably, life is short at this episode, utmost six months without miracle. But the family members will do everything possible to extend the father’s dying breath. All because they love him. Sadly and shortly, his body will permanently rest underneath the graveyard. The medical doctors, albeit the experts in curing health illness, are not impeccable themselves in medicine, by nature. This is why hospitalization is a gamble.
Given some perspectives about gambling, we can visualize now why all of us gamble in different faucets of life, respectively. The essence of gambling is moving towards human life’s uncertainty. It is always risky from beginning to end. But we have to make the most out of it. Because life itself is a gamble.
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